070VOLUME10/ISSUE4/AUGUST2022ThePracticeandRepresentationofUrbanParksinShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneinthe1980shttps://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-1-030036EDITEDBYTinaTIAN,ZHOUJiayiABSTRACTAfterreformandopeningup,ShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneanditsurbanconstructionhaveanunusualsignificanceforChina.However,theprevailingemergenceofurbanparksbuiltinasuperspeedinShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneisnotpaidmuchattentionbytheacademiaregardingitshistoricalprocessofconstruction.Thisstudyexaminesthehistoryofurbanparkconstructionthroughduallensesof“nation–state”and“global–local”withahopetoexplorethegenealogyandreasonlyingbehindthelocalpracticeofurbanparkconstructioninShenzhenSpecialEconomicZonefromatransnationalglobalperspective.TheauthorsarguethattheconstructionofurbanparksinShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneinthe1980swascloselyrelatedtoforeigncapitalinvestment.Moreover,thenationalformadoptedinparkdesignduringthisperiodcoincidedwiththatofthespecialeconomiczonesasanodeofnationalrejuvenation.Relyingontheglobalflowofideas,thisresearchattemptstoprovideinterpretativeviewtocomprehendtheconstructionhistoryofurbanparksinChinaattheverybeginningofthereformandopening.HIGHLIGHTS·Explorestherelationshipbetweenurbanization,urbanpolicy,andurbanparksintheShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneinthe1980s·ArguesthatthegreeningconstructioninSingaporesignificantlyinfluencedtheconstructionofurbanparksinShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneinthe1980s·Examinestheformalrepresentationofthenation–stateinthedesignandconceptualgenealogyofurbanparksinShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneKEYWORDSShenzhenSpecialEconomicZone;UrbanPark;Greening;TransnationalPerspective;ReformandOpeningRECEIVEDDATE2022-07-29*CORRESPONDINGAUTHORAddress:MongManWaiBuilding,CityUniversityofHongKong,83TatCheeAvenue,Kowloon,HongKong999077,ChinaEmail:bscqx@cityu.edu.hk1DepartmentofArchitectureandCivilEngineering,CityUniversityofHongKong,HongKong999077,China2DepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture,SchoolofArchitecture,SoutheastUniversity,Nanjing210096,ChinaLIUXinyu1,2WANGXiaojun2XU...
